While you were away, Memorial Day weekend recap edition

Posted by John Taylor on May 29, 2012, 9:41 AM EDT

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Unlike those of us in the NBC Sportstalk family of blogs, most of you, I’m assuming, have something called “a life” and are thus not gathered ’round ye olde computers as much during a holiday weekend as you are when you’re – ahem — “working”.

So, as a public service — provided free of charge, incidentally — here’s a one-stop recap of some of the stuff you may have missed while you were out celebrating the holiday this past weekend…

— Iraq/Afghanistan war veteran and Purple Heart recipient Daniel Rodriguez is close to realizing his college football dream and becoming a walk-on at Clemson.

— The image in this post, incidentally, is of Master Sergeant David Sims being reunited with his wife Robin and his family during the fifth inning of the Memorial Day game between Atlanta and St. Louis at Turner Field Monday.